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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for Mitchell Capital with rates for one year two dollars, six months one dollar, three months ten cents. It notes address changes require old and new addresses and that ads and business cards have specific rates. Marriage and death notices are free. other notices have per line charges.
A Bismarck dispatch reports the Dakota legislature passed the bill locating the agricultural college at Fargo but reduced the requested 80 000 to 30 000. Mentzer of Davison County spearheaded the cut provoking support and opposition among county allies and critics alike.
The Mayor of Deadwood asks parents to keep boys at home by nine o'clock each night or be responsible for their return home.
In Grandview on March 7 John Davis, a blizzard victim nine miles north of town, had both feet amputated above the ankles by Drs Brown Iggs and Ward. His condition is poor and recovery doubtful. Davis, poor with a large family, endured a harrowing night wandering in snow to reach a schoolhouse, freezing feet before reaching help at Mullinberg’s seven miles from home.
The district court convened with Judge Tripp presiding. Key items include Dr H C Shawl versus A M Andrews for libel damages, a demurrer sustained with a path to amend, and Territory v John N Stafford continuance denied due to illness. The first jury trial favored the defendant in a binder note dispute. Eleven listed visiting attorneys attended, with about eighty cases on the docket. The Dakota Relief Association of Plankinton received a charter and aims to start operations soon. The town buzzes with court crowds and hotel earnings as term ends.
Hanson notes a railroad depot and new buildings to spark growth. James Bard plans arrival with fine stock. Town meeting quiet due to bad roads. E. E. Smith visits James Valley relatives. Stockmen move hay ahead of high water. Rosedale quarry limited by heavy snow but orders expected soon. W. D. Grant to bring a carload of horses from Owatonna Minnesota. About fifty youths hosted a lively frolic at I and C Green’s residence last Friday night.
The town buzzes over a new photographic act and rumors that Mitchell artists are traveling for health. Residents hope new performers, not just Mr Clingeberg, will draw public calls. Winds may have shifted an acre of plowed ground. George Johnson family leaves for Illinois while friends wish them success. Mrs Mehner improves slowly. Stuits will live on Johnson’s farm this summer. Olive Nabinger returns. Mary E Wright’s Greene Walier school ends with a successful exhibition. Messrs Griffith and Saunders seek news, amid lingering excitement.
The passage cites Pleasant Ridge correspondence with a quip about a grasshopper remark and a dispute over Henry Clingberg’s shanty labeled a “dirt knoll” by Grifith, Mehner, and Saunders. It notes Frankie Mehner at home, John Ewart on the gain, and Sle planning a trip to Iowa when able.
March 10 report from KiMBALL notes a distant mirage over the Missouri River east to Medicine Butte and near Yankton Indian Agency. Farmers begin wheat sowing as weather remains favorable. The Territory case against Constable Franklin ended not guilty after a contested sheriff mortgaged property seizure. The Thies family loses a five year old to diphtheria and the council orders a weeklong school suspension for health reasons.
Michigan ex congressman R G Horr lectured in Sioux Falls and attended the national editorial association in Washington. Beadle county commissioners refuse to abate taxes on cancelled claims and plan court action. Laverne Herald and Mrs Lon Blandon with Fifth Avenue company perform in Duluth. In Bismarck Sergeant at Arms Troy editor of Wahpeton Globe clashed with Senator Weiser over delinquent tax list payments. a scuffle occurred with bystanders intervening. no blood shed.
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